US 12,419,456 B2
System and method for filtering a hot beverage
Julianne Johnson, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to BCC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C., Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/629,850
Filed by BCC Product Development, L.L.C., Ormond Beach, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/043723
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/021726, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,787, filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272998 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/3666 (2013.01) [A47J 31/4482 (2013.01); A47J 31/0647 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A system, comprising:
a housing;
a first water reservoir located at a first region of the housing;
a second water reservoir located at a second region of the housing;
a heating reservoir in fluid communication with the first and second water reservoir to receive water from at least one of the first water reservoir and second water reservoir, wherein the heating reservoir is configured to maintain the water at a brewing temperature;
a first receptacle in fluid communication with the heating reservoir, said first receptacle defined by the housing, said first receptacle configured to receive a first filter comprising ground coffee;
a second receptacle in fluid communication with the heating reservoir, said second receptacle defined by the housing, said second receptacle configured to receive a second filter comprising ground coffee;
a cavity in fluid communication with the first and second receptacle, said cavity defined by the housing to position one of a first container and a second container; and
a rotor located at a third region of the housing, said rotor configured to rotate about a rotational axis and wherein the rotor is configured to rotatably engage an accessory container to rotate a rotary component of the accessory container about the rotational axis:
wherein the system is configured to brew a first volume of coffee to fill the first container based on placement of the first filter in the first receptacle and the first volume of water being pumped from the heating reservoir through the first filter; and
wherein the system is configured to brew a second volume of coffee to fill the second container based on placement of the second filter in the second receptacle and the second volume of water being pumped from the heating reservoir through the second filter.